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Claire is a sixteen year old fangirl obsessed with the show Demon Heart Forest is an actor on Demon Heart who dreams of bigger roles When the two meet at a local Comic Con panel, it s a dream come true for Claire Until the QA, that is, when Forest laughs off Claire s assertion that his character is gay Claire is devastated After all, every last word of her super popular fanfic revolves around the romance between Forest s character and his male frenemy She can t believe her hero turned out to be a closed minded jerk Forest is mostly confused that anyone would think his character is gay Because he s not Definitely not.Unfortunately for Demon Heart, when the video of the disastrous QA goes viral, the producers have a PR nightmare on their hands In order to help bolster their image within the LGBTQ community as well as with their fans they hire Claire to join the cast for the rest of their publicity tour What ensues is a series of colourful Comic Con clashes between the fans and the show that lead Forest to question his assumptions about sexuality and help Claire come out of her shell But how far will Claire go to make her ship canon To what lengths will Forest go to stop her and protect his career And will Claire ever get the guts to make a move on Tess, the very cute, extremely cool fanartist she keeps running into Free Download Ship It [ By ] Britta Lundin [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review It s truly astounding to me that dozens of people read this book before it got to this final form agents, editors, trusted friends and loved ones and presumably not one person thought to compassionately but firmly say, yeah, no, this probably shouldn t be published Naturally, this review is full of spoilers, and no, I won t tag them I will, however, tell you that in this review I do mention homophobia and p I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review It s truly astounding to me that dozens of people read this book before it got to this final form agents, editors, trusted friends and loved ones and presumably not one person thought to compassionately but firmly say, yeah, no, this probably shouldn t be published Naturally, this review is full of spoilers, and no, I won t tag them I will, however, tell you that in this review I do mention homophobia and physical abuse Before I get too fully into it, I feel like I have to state this for the record that I was very much enmeshed in fandom throughout much of my life, so yes, I get it, and yes, Britta Lundin gets it Shipping a term I ve come to revile thanks to this book is usually a perfectly harmless, common, and creative way to ...3.5 stars The cover may imply otherwise, but this is actually a very intense, sometimes even dark, story Not dark as in terrifying, but as in the fandom world has gone bloody mad Fans gone wild The story centers around two key characters Claire, a fanfiction writer who ships Smokey and Heart the two heroes of her favourite TV show together as a gay couple, and Forest, the actor who plays Smokey When Forest tells Claire that she is crazy for thinking that his character is gay and in lov 3.5 stars The cover may imply otherwise, but this is actually a very intense, sometimes even dark, story Not dark as in terrifying, but as in the fandom world has gone bloody mad Fans gone wild The story centers around two key characters Claire, a fanfiction writer who ships Smokey and Heart the two he...Guys, this is one of the good ones Blurb to come.I want you to picture something for a second I know you feel like an underdog But imagine if you were a teenager again, and, instead of being a scrawny, uncool, nerdy kid, you were a scrawny, uncool, nerdy, gaykid Or what if you were all that plus black Or disabled Or trans Or anything Who would your superheroes be then What costumes would you wear on HalloweenY all, this book was freaking amazing It had good representation, and it was wholesome, and it was cute, and it dealt withI want you to picture something for a second I know you feel like an underdog But imagine if you were a teenager again, and, instead of being a scrawny, uncool, nerdy kid, you were a scrawny, uncool, nerdy, gaykid Or what if you were all that plus black Or disabled Or trans Or anything Who would your superheroes be then What costumes would you wear on HalloweenY all, this book was freaking amazing It had good representat...So basically it s a book validating the whiny, entitled shippers who throw a bitch fit whenever their slash pairing isn t made canon and the actors and crew members refuse to validate their fictional pairings.I know something like this happened in real life, and Demon Heart makes me think it may have been the Supernatural fandom which, incidentally, has a huge host of female fans who harass actors and crew members about their head canons and ships I have the sneakiest suspicion that this is b So basically it s a book validating the whiny,...you know I thought this was going to be a disaster but if it s f f I feel like it might not be idek man I just didn t want it to be fetishy please don t be fetishy but this sounds really cool and funDamn This was amazing I read Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell and honestly it was the most boring and disappointing book ever and I ve read some that are similar and I never found a book that accurately described what it was like to be a fangirl This book gets pretty darn close.I m not going to sit back and pretend that the main characters were without fault in fact, everyone was downright annoying and horrible at times But I don t know, I kind of liked that at the end, everyone made up for it Damn This was amazing I read Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell and honestly it was the most boring and disappointing book ever and I ve read some that are similar and I never found a book that accurately described what it was like to be a fangirl This book gets pretty darn close.I m not going to sit back and pretend that the main characters were without fault in fact, everyone was downright annoying and horrible at times But I don t know, I kind of liked that at the end, everyone made up for it and that even though they may have done some bad things, the most important part was that they all learned from it.Another problem I had while reading Fangirl was that I didn t care about the fandom in the story at all I didn t care about the ship But I did when I read this...hi here are my official Blurb Thoughts I can t stop smiling about this book a winsome, emotionally rich joyride through the parallel worlds of fame and fandom and self discovery This is the perfect story for our current moment, as vibrant and funny as it is thoughtful and political, and packed so full of heart that it made mine skip a few beats SHIP IT is utterly irresistible. and here are some thoughts with worse grammarfirstly dude it s great to read a book about fandom clearly written by hi here are my official Blurb Thoughts I can t stop smiling about this book a winsome, emotionally rich joyride through the parallel worlds of fame and fandom and self discovery This is the perfect story for our current moment, as vibrant and funny as it is thoughtful and political, and packed so full of hear...Folks, this is the book I ve been waiting for Fandom is so close to my heart, especially the kind of fandom depicted in this book, and I ve so wanted someone to give us a voice in a way that is honest, powerful, and authentic THIS IS THAT BOOK I always worry with fandom books that they ll have a sort of outside looking in perspective that doesn t quite get or fully respect fandom, but SHIP IT is definitely not like that Every word of it reads so authentically that I kinda wonder if Britta Lu Folks, this is the book I ve been waiting for Fandom is so close to my heart, especially the kind of fandom depicted in this book, and I ve so wanted someone to give us a voice in a way that is honest, powerful, and authentic THIS IS THAT BOOK I always worry with fandom books that they ll have a sort of outside looking in perspective that doesn t quite get or fully respect fandom, but SHIP IT is definitely not like that Every word of it reads so authentically that I kinda wonder...This book sounds like the books Geekerella By Ashley Poston and Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell had a baby Definitely going to read.

Ship It
  • 04 September 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 384 pages
  • 1368003133
  • Britta Lundin
  • Ship It